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Bio 12-4
Bio 12-4: Mutations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are mutations? | changes in genetic material that can either be harmful or have no effect |
| What are the 2 main types of mutations and the difference? | point mutations affect one or a few nucleotides, framshift mutations shift the entire reading frame of a gene |
| What is a type of point mutation ? | Substitution |
| What are the types of framshift mutations? | insertion, deletion |
| What are chromosomal mutations? | changes in the # or structure of chromosomes |
| what are the types of chromosomal mutations? | deletions, duplications, inversions, translocations |
| Compare gene mutations and chromosomal mutations | gene mutations are on a smaller scale because genes are segments of DNA while chromosomes are entire molecules of DNA |
| What does ploid mean? | number of copies of chromosome |
| what is polyploidy? | condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes |